Pages: 326Published: 2nd February 2021Genre: General FictionContent warnings: Child abuse/cruelty, sexual content Alexandra Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother … Continue reading Book Review – Girl A by Abigail Dean
Pages: 465Published: 22nd July 2021Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Missing person storyline, strong sexual references, coercive control 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The … Continue reading Book Review – The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 249Published: 6th May 2021Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Bullying, cyber bullying, child death, sexual harassment A secret from her past threatens to detonate her present... On her first day at a new school, Ruby finds a note in her locker saying I Know You Did It. She's terrified that someone has found out she was responsible for the … Continue reading Book Review – I Know You Did It by Sue Wallman
Pages: 381Published: 22nd June 2021Genre: Thriller The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Numerous celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class and journalists will be waiting on the ground to greet the plane. Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for the landmark … Continue reading Book Review – Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, Back in November I read The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, an absolutely gripping Nordic crime novel which was the very definition of a thriller. It was an easy five stars, and I was totally on the edge of my seat for most of the way. It had been on … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Chestnut Man
Hello everyone, It is the final day of this blog tour and I am delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the debut novel by my book blogging friend NS Ford. Ever since I found out that this book was being published I have been looking forward to reading it, and this tour was the … Continue reading Blog Tour + Review – We Watch You by NS Ford
Translated by: Caroline WaightPages: 501Published: 6th June 2018Genre: Crime Thriller A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts—which he leaves at each bloody crime scene. Examining the dolls, forensics makes a shocking discovery—a fingerprint belonging to a young girl, a government minister’s daughter who had been … Continue reading Book Review – The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Hello everyone, I have been on a mini-hiatus recently, only posting the book reviews which I already had scheduled. But now I am back, and I am absolutely delighted to be sharing a spotlight of We Watch You, the debut psychological thriller by the book blogging community's very own NS Ford. It was so exciting … Continue reading Spotlight – We Watch You by NS Ford
Pages: 350Published: 3rd July 2018Genre: Thriller/MysteryContent warnings: Missing person storyline, strong sexual references Fifteen years ago, summer camper Emma Davis watched sleepily as her three cabin mates snuck out of their cabin in the dead of night. The last she--and anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her … Continue reading Book Review – Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Pages: 435Published: 10th June 2021Genre: Psychological ThrillerContent warnings: Violence, sexual references, mental health sub-plot That night everything changed. The night Frannie committed a murder, but she didn’t mean to. That night we helped her bury the body, what else could we do? One hot summers night in Italy, Joe and Cathy Plant receive a phone call that will change … Continue reading Book Review – That Night by Gillian McAllister
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